A pastor wounded in inter-communal violence in Kajokeji county of Central Equatoria

[Elisabeth Janaina]

A pastor wounded in inter-communal violence in Kajokeji county of
Central Equatoria

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June 5, 2013 (JUBA) – At least four people were wounded, some in
critical condition, when violence erupted between two sections of Kuku
community in Kajokeji county of Central Equatoria state on Monday.

The violence was caused by a dispute over land between neighboring
payams as youth took the law into their own hands to settle the
dispute in Giri area, according to the UN-sponsored Miraya radio which
broadcast the incidence.

The quarrel centred on a counter-claimed piece of land on which a
church was built. A pastor was among those wounded in the clashes and
the church was burnt to ashes by the angry youth.

Inter-communal violence is common in South Sudan but with varying
levels of magnitude in various states.

The most affected by such violence is Jonglei state, followed by the
tria-states of Lakes, Warrap and Unity as well as Eastern Equatoria.

The causes of such disputes range from cattle theft, land dispute or
water points and grazing land as well as political influences and
revenge attacks on past killings.

(ST)